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As a few of us have or are getting 3D printers I thought I would start this thread up.


I get most of my designs from MakerWorld.

This is a link to the giant lego wreath.

https://makerworld.com/en/search/models ... o%20wreath

Oooh, a new thread. These are rare these days.

I have an Ender 5 Pro, but haven't yet had much time to get it plugged in and setup. I really should.

I got the Bambu AL combi.. I am impressed so far..

I've bought a Bambu A1 Mini "for the kids"

still 22 days until I can play with it

All my first prints were 'upgrades' to the printer. Spool ams mount, braces for the weight, and cord protectors. and a pooh bin

I'm only doing single colour printing (for now) so the poop should be minimal

It generates at lease 2 per print...

Challenge for you, Kov:

He'll consider if he could, not if he should.

These turned out well.

Printed them for the Christmas figures we get in the advent calendars.

Will take a proper base plate too.

Advent wreath done..

Hehe, that’s brilliant

Printed some Lego cone inspired vases. Batman for size reference

Resin printer crew checking in.

I have absolutely no need for one, but I'd like one!

Smooth. Do resin printers print things with fewer ridges?

3D printing peeps, I have a question/request.

I have a window that needs a sash jammer installed. That’s one of these devices:

The problem is that we don’t have standard depth window frames. These devices come with some packers, circled, that you can stack to raise the height, but they only come with two very thin (1mm) ones. We need one that is much deeper, about 15-20mm.

Is there a way of basically designing that shape and making it super deep, then printing it? It doesn’t have to have the ridges on, just raise the jammer from the frame.

If so, is there anyone here who could do it and how much would it cost if I posted them one of the packers for reference of size and properly measure the depth needed? I wouldn’t ask, but I’m concerned about security in one area of our house and can’t think how to move forwards as absolutely nobody sells them at the depth we need them with our weird windows.

Yes. And upside down.

So could you print the model upside down to make it appear right side up?

Or just turn it over.

Or move to Australia, where it will be the right way up.

Obviously, yes. But I meant more is there a reason that 3D prints have an orientation? Do they need a base or to attach to something in resin. I know they need a base to adhere to the mat and support structures for overhangs in ‘regular’ 3D printing, but didn’t know if that applied in resin printing or if it’s just suspended in the resin somehow.

Does it need the holes in it, or just the general shape?

If I can figure out how to get my printer setup, it should be pretty straightforward to model that and get one printed.

Resin printers work by curing resin in layers with a UV light. The print rises up out of the liquid resin bottom first

Ah, so it is attached to a table that pulls it up out of a resin bath? Ok, I get the mechanics of it now, thank you.

That is fantastic.. love the detail.

I think I'd be tempted to just draw round one onto some wood that's about the right thickness and drill and cut it out.

It’d need the holes as the screws go through the jammer, then through it, and into the frame to secure it to the window frame.

If I haven’t found anyone else to give it a go before January’s arcade visit I’ll show you them to see what you think and if it’s possible.

I don’t think it needs to be microscopically precise, it essentially is a block to make the body of the jammer deep enough to make it flush with the window-to-frame measurement, which on our windows is extra deep.

We did think this too, but we also don’t have the tools and/or skill to make it out of wood.

Edit: we have a drill and a handsaw, but I assume it’d need something else?

A drill, a handsaw and either a file or some sandpaper. We aren't talking advanced carpentry here, just hacking away at a stick until it's kind of the right shape. Might be worth a go anyway.

Failing that... stick a load of lollypop sticks together.

Oh, well we have all those things. I don’t know why I was thinking we’d need something more specific, but you are of course right. If we paint it white as well then it’d not be noticeable.

Thank you, my brain overthought the problem as usual.

That fucking thumbnail, man

Well, yes.

I really like the candles. I liked the candles Kov made, too.

I might try those candles next.... I might d a smaller one of those for next year

A little Batman and my growing stack or Lego bricks

I am really impressed with the detail.

Is this the reason I can't have plastic straws in my milkshakes anymore? Because Kov is using up all the plastic?

Buy a 3d printer and print your own straws

And sell some at the local market to all the grumblers

yes yes it is

He recycles everything by grinding it down into tiny bits and then rinses them straight into the river.

And then he 3D prints some turtles to make up for it.

Loving the giant Lego.

How does that work, Kov, to make it more than one colour? Do you paint it after printing, or are those different colours of plastic slotted cleverly together l, or something else entirely?

my printer can do 4 colours at once. The more colour changes to more waste it generates. I am still learning how to reduce the waste, such as angles of prints, infill with the colour changes etc...

The leg with the grey, had a lot of changes, so I printed it 'laid' down, so the grey would be a top surface.